Here Is TIME’s News Photographer of 2016

He documents the human toll of war in Syria.

Wire photographers often make their name covering many stories over the course of a year—as small as a grand opening or a local press conference, as big as a natural disaster or an election, perhaps a new conflict. Weeks are spent away from home, filing at all hours from datelines across countries and oceans. That has been the case with our previous picks for Wire Photographers of the Year. This year is different.